Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 6th Edition

Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles McGraw-Hill, 2008

Chapter 5 MASS AND ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CONTROL VOLUMES

Mehmet Kanoglu
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Objectives
Develop the conservation of mass principle. Apply the conservation of mass principle to various systems including steady- and unsteady-flow control volumes.

Apply the first law of thermodynamics as the statement of the conservation of energy principle to control volumes.
Identify the energy carried by a fluid stream crossing a control surface as the sum of internal energy, flow work, kinetic energy, and potential energy of the fluid and to relate the combination of the internal energy and the flow work to the property enthalpy. Solve energy balance problems for common steady-flow devices such as nozzles, compressors, turbines, throttling valves, mixers, heaters, and heat exchangers. Apply the energy balance to general unsteady-flow processes with particular emphasis on the uniform-flow process as the model for commonly encountered charging and discharging processes.
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CONSERVATION OF MASS
Conservation of mass: Mass, like energy, is a conserved property, and it cannot be created or destroyed during a process. Closed systems: The mass of the system remain constant during a process. Control volumes: Mass can cross the boundaries, and so we must keep track of the amount of mass entering and leaving the control volume.

Mass is conserved even during chemical reactions.

Mass m and energy E can be converted to each other according to where c is the speed of light in a vacuum, which is c = 2.9979 108 m/s. The mass change due to energy change is absolutely negligible.
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Mass and Volume Flow Rates

Definition of average velocity Volume flow rate

Mass flow rate

The average velocity Vavg is defined as the average speed through a cross section.

The volume flow rate is the volume of fluid flowing through a cross section per unit time.

Conservation of Mass Principle

The conservation of mass principle for a control volume: The net mass transfer to or from a control volume during a time interval t is equal to the net change (increase or decrease) in the total mass within the control volume during t.

General conservation of mass

General conservation of mass in rate form

Conservation of mass principle for an ordinary bathtub.

or
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Mass Balance for Steady-Flow Processes

During a steady-flow process, the total amount of mass contained within a control volume does not change with time (mCV = constant). Then the conservation of mass principle requires that the total amount of mass entering a control volume equal the total amount of mass leaving it. For steady-flow processes, we are interested in the amount of mass flowing per unit time, that is, the mass flow rate. Multiple inlets and exits Single stream Many engineering devices such as nozzles, diffusers, turbines, compressors, and pumps involve a single stream (only one inlet and one outlet). Conservation of mass principle for a twoinletone-outlet steady-flow system.

Special Case: Incompressible Flow

The conservation of mass relations can be simplified even further when the fluid is incompressible, which is usually the case for liquids. Steady, incompressible Steady, incompressible flow (single stream) There is no such thing as a conservation of volume principle. However, for steady flow of liquids, the volume flow rates, as well as the mass flow rates, remain constant since liquids are essentially incompressible substances. During a steady-flow process, volume flow rates are not necessarily conserved although mass flow rates are.
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FLOW WORK AND THE ENERGY OF A FLOWING FLUID

Flow work, or flow energy: The work (or energy) required to push the mass into or out of the control volume. This work is necessary for maintaining a continuous flow through a control volume.

Schematic for flow work.

In the absence of acceleration, the force applied on a fluid by a piston is equal to the force applied on the piston by the fluid. 8

Total Energy of a Flowing Fluid

The flow energy is automatically taken care of by enthalpy. In fact, this is the main reason for defining the property enthalpy.

h = u + Pv

The total energy consists of three parts for a nonflowing fluid and four parts for a flowing fluid. 9

Energy Transport by Mass

When the kinetic and potential energies of a fluid stream are negligible

When the properties of the mass at each inlet or exit change with time as well as over the cross section

The product mi i is the energy transported into control volume by mass per unit time.

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ENERGY ANALYSIS OF STEADY-FLOW SYSTEMS

Under steady-flow conditions, the mass and energy contents of a control volume remain constant. Many engineering systems such as power plants operate under steady conditions. Under steady-flow conditions, the fluid properties at an inlet or exit remain constant (do not change with time).
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Mass and Energy balances for a steady-flow process

Mass balance

A water heater in steady operation.

Energy balance

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Energy balance relations with sign conventions (i.e., heat input and work output are positive)

when kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible Some energy unit equivalents Under steady operation, shaft work and electrical work are the only forms of work a simple compressible system may involve.

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SOME STEADY-FLOW ENGINEERING DEVICES

Many engineering devices operate essentially under the same conditions for long periods of time. The components of a steam power plant (turbines, compressors, heat exchangers, and pumps), for example, operate nonstop for months before the system is shut down for maintenance. Therefore, these devices can be conveniently analyzed as steady-flow devices.

At very high velocities, even small changes in A modern land-based gas turbine used for electric power velocities can cause production. This is a General Electric LM5000 turbine. It significant changes in has a length of 6.2 m, it weighs 12.5 tons, and produces the kinetic energy of the 55.2 MW at 3600 rpm with steam injection. fluid.
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Nozzles and Diffusers

Nozzles and diffusers are commonly utilized in jet engines, rockets, spacecraft, and even garden hoses. A nozzle is a device that increases the velocity of a fluid at the expense of pressure. A diffuser is a device that increases the pressure of a fluid by slowing it down. The cross-sectional area of a nozzle decreases in the flow direction for subsonic flows and increases for supersonic flows. The reverse is true for diffusers. Energy balance for a nozzle or diffuser:

Nozzles and diffusers are shaped so that they cause large changes in fluid velocities and thus kinetic energies.

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Turbines and Compressors

Turbine drives the electric generator In steam, gas, or hydroelectric power plants.
As the fluid passes through the turbine, work is done against the blades, which are attached to the shaft. As a result, the shaft rotates, and the turbine produces work. Compressors, as well as pumps and fans, are devices used to increase the pressure of a fluid. Work is supplied to these devices from an external source through a rotating shaft. A fan increases the pressure of a gas slightly and is mainly used to mobilize a gas. A compressor is capable of compressing the gas to very high pressures. Pumps work very much like compressors except that they handle liquids instead of gases.
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Energy balance for the compressor in this figure:

Throttling valves

Throttling valves are any kind of flow-restricting devices that cause a significant pressure drop in the fluid. What is the difference between a turbine and a throttling valve? The pressure drop in the fluid is often accompanied by a large drop in temperature, and for that reason throttling devices are commonly used in refrigeration and airconditioning applications.

Energy balance

The temperature of an ideal gas does not change during a throttling (h = constant) process since h = h(T).

During a throttling process, the enthalpy of a fluid remains constant. But internal and flow energies may be converted to each other.
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Mixing chambers
In engineering applications, the section where the mixing process takes place is commonly referred to as a mixing chamber.

60C

140 kPa

10C

43C

Energy balance for the adiabatic mixing chamber in the figure is:

The T-elbow of an ordinary shower serves as the mixing chamber for the hot- and the cold-water streams.
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Heat exchangers
Heat exchangers are devices where two moving fluid streams exchange heat without mixing. Heat exchangers are widely used in various industries, and they come in various designs.

The heat transfer associated with a heat exchanger may be zero or nonzero depending on how the control volume is selected. Mass and energy balances for the adiabatic heat exchanger in the figure is:

A heat exchanger can be as simple as two concentric pipes.

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Pipe and duct fow

The transport of liquids or gases in pipes and ducts is of great importance in many engineering applications. Flow through a pipe or a duct usually satisfies the steady-flow conditions. Pipe or duct flow may involve more than one form of work at the same time.

Heat losses from a hot fluid flowing through an uninsulated pipe or duct to the cooler environment may be very significant.

Energy balance for the pipe flow shown in the figure is

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ENERGY ANALYSIS OF UNSTEADY-FLOW PROCESSES

Many processes of interest, Charging of a rigid however, involve changes within tank from a supply the control volume with time. line is an unsteadySuch processes are called flow process since it unsteady-flow, or transient-flow, involves changes processes. within the control Most unsteady-flow processes volume. can be represented reasonably well by the uniform-flow process. Uniform-flow process: The fluid flow at any inlet or exit is uniform and steady, and thus the fluid properties do not change with time or position over the cross section of an inlet or exit. If they do, they are averaged and treated as constants for the entire process.

The shape and size of a control volume may change during an unsteady-flow process.

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Mass balance

Energy balance

A uniformflow system may involve electrical, shaft, and boundary work all at once. The energy equation of a uniform-flow system reduces to that of a closed system when all the inlets and exits are closed.

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Summary
Conservation of mass
Mass and volume flow rates Mass balance for a steady-flow process Mass balance for incompressible flow

Flow work and the energy of a flowing fluid

Energy transport by mass

Energy analysis of steady-flow systems Some steady-flow engineering devices

Nozzles and Diffusers Turbines and Compressors Throttling valves Mixing chambers and Heat exchangers Pipe and Duct flow
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Energy analysis of unsteady-flow processes